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Barry Walters

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Award-winning critic Barry Walters is a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, Spin, the Village Voice, and many other publications. His interview with Prince alumni Wendy & Lisa was included in Da Capo’s Best Music Writing of 2010, and his lectures on music video have appeared in numerous film festivals. Currently working on his first book, he’s asked probing personal questions of Noel Gallagher, Johnny Rotten, and Madonna, and has lived to tell the tale.

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Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 …

“He’s so talented he can do anything!” That’s the… more »

Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 …

When Justin Timberlake’s last album, The 20/20 Experience, arrived … more »

HAIM, Days Are Gone

The Los Angeles sister band HAIM — their last name, one that rhymes… more »

Deltron 3030, Event II…

When ordinary hip-hoppers get famous, they usually bring along their new-… more »

eMusic Icon: Elton John

Hitting the charts in the wake of the Beatles’ 1970 split, right wh… more »

Elton John, The Diving Board…

A new Elton album that sounds like an old Elton album is by now ancient n… more »

Goldfrapp, Tales of Us…

This is not the Goldfrapp of Black Cherry, Supernature, or of any of the … more »

The Weeknd, Kiss Land…

The Weeknd’s Kiss Land plays like the alternative R&B version … more »

Janelle Monae, The Electric L…

Behind all the cameos, the sci-fi allegory, the eclecticism and the nearl… more »

DIANA, Perpetual Surrender…

Like all recent acts still working the chillwave formula, DIANA brings th… more »

Who Are…Little Daylight

Thanks largely to their remixes of songs by Edward Sharpe & the Magn… more »

Washed Out, Paracosm

Ernest Greene’s second full-length as Washed Out, Paracosm, finds i… more »

The Polyphonic Spree, Yes, It…

The Polyphonic Spree’s most obvious asset — its awesome size … more »

AlunaGeorge, Body Music…

The “Aluna” in AlunaGeorge is Aluna Francis, the voice behind… more »

Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines…

Specializing in sexed-up blue-eyed soul, Robin Thicke has always been one… more »

Summer Soundtrack: EMI’…

Like Krautrock and Northern Soul, Balearic Beat is a genre not recognized… more »

Selena Gomez, Stars Dance…

If any Disney-raised actress has earned the right to make a dubstep album… more »

Merry Clayton, The Best of Me…

You may not recognize Merry Clayton’s name, but you sure know her v… more »

Pet Shop Boys, Electric…

Every artist who sticks around will have their output sorted into two cat… more »

Mayer Hawthorne, Where Does T…

Mayer Hawthorne doesn’t insist you take him seriously. He shoots de… more »

Big Star, Nothing Can Hurt Me…

If you’ve never before heard Big Star, stop right here, download th… more »

Bob Marley, Legend Remixed…

The latest of several Bob Marley remix albums provokes the initial knee-j… more »

Mavis Staples, One True Vine…

Decades after her 1969 solo debut and a whopping 63 years since she joine… more »

Austra, Olympia

Classical, goth and underground house music don’t come together oft… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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